Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday he has no update on the eligibility process of new transfer quarterback Shea Patterson.

Patterson, a former 5-star recruit, transferred to Michigan from Ole Miss in December and has hopes of winning an appeal to the NCAA for immediate eligibility on the grounds that he was misled during his recruiting process by now former coach Hugh Freeze.

One of a handful of Ole Miss players seeking immediate transfer eligibility, Patterson's claim is that the Rebels coaching staff misled him regarding the veracity of rule breaking allegations and an NCAA investigation.

"I don't have any update (on when we'll know)," Harbaugh said Wednesday.

Per a report from CBS earlier this week, Patterson and the rest of the Ole Miss players seeking NCAA eligibility are in the process of submitting a formal appeal. That appeal, per the report, will feature several pieces of what they believe are evidence supporting the fact that Ole Miss misled them about the severity of the NCAA's investigation into its program.

Ole Miss received a bowl ban, scholarship losses and financial penalties from the NCAA in December. The NCAA claimed the program "lacked institutional control and fostered an unconstrained culture of booster involvement in football recruiting."

In July, Ole Miss accepted Freeze's resignation after the university found a pattern of "inappropriate conduct" exhibited by the coach.

Patterson and his family are still hopeful he'll gain eligibility in 2018.

"It's all in God's hands," Patterson told the Free Press in December. "I don't think they can start the waiver process until I'm in school, so I'm sure I'll have a better idea once I get up there and get acclimated.

"So, fingers crossed."

Patterson, meanwhile, enrolled at Michigan in January and continues to work out with the team as it goes through winter conditioning.

Michigan is slated to begin spring practice March 22 in Ann Arbor. Patterson is on scholarship and will be allowed to participate in full.

Patterson threw for 2,259 yards, 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions in seven games played at Ole Miss last year. A knee injury cut his season short, but Patterson has since received a clean bill of health.

"It seems like a really good group of guys (in the quarterback room) and I'm really looking forward to working with them," Patterson said. "Competition only makes you better and they've got a talented group of quarterbacks there now.

"I love to compete. I'm really looking forward to going in there and competing with them come spring."